The owner of the Ambassador Bridge, Manuel “Matty” Moroun, is the most unpopular political figure in Michigan, a new poll suggests.

However, the same poll indicates Proposal 6, which calls for stopping construction of a new bridge between the U.S. and Canada, could be approved by voters, according to Marketing Resources Group Inc. of Lansing.

Moroun, the owner of both the Ambassador Bridge and Central Transport, paid for the signature collection to put Proposal 5, which requires a 2/3 vote to raise taxes, and Proposal 6, requiring a vote on all bridges and tunnels, on the ballot. He is bankrolling the campaign to pass Proposal 6, King said.

The results of the MRG Poll indicated Michigan voters had a higher favorable opinion than unfavorable opinion of every person tested, except Moroun, according to MRG.

The favorable opinions ranged from a high of 52 percent for President Obama to a low of 5 percent for Moroun.

The favorable responses were higher than the unfavorable responses for all other political figures cited in the poll, MRG said.

Overall, 83 percent of the voters who have an impression of Moroun view him unfavorably. In fact, only one person out of the 600 Michiganders polled reported that they viewed him as “very” favorable, MRG said.

MRG said the negative reaction to Moroun was most pronounced in Southeast Michigan.

In Oakland County, Moroun was at 5 percent favorable and 42 percent unfavorable. Outside of Detroit, in the balance of Wayne County, only 8 percent viewed him favorably while 40 percent viewed him unfavorably. In the entire Detroit metropolitan area, among those voters who know Moroun, 60 percent have an unfavorable impression of him while only 13 percent have a favorable one.

Long-time Moroun confidant Mickey Blashfield, director of The People Should Decide, which supports a “Yes” vote on Proposal 6, said the poll was a “push poll” designed by supporters of the new bridge to embarrass the owner of the Ambassador Bridge.

“This is a sideshow,” he said.

“Aside from the obvious self-serving nature of this poll, I believe Mr. King’s own words speak for themselves — his poll ‘shows Proposal 6 leading by 13 percent statewide.’ It’s clear the Michigan people want a choice on the new bridge,” he noted in an emailed statement.